The purpose of a bridging or bridge loan is to provide short term cash for a real estate transaction until permanent financing is secured. Bridge loans are commonly used to “bridge the cash gap” when completing commercial real estate transactions.There is a process to go through before a bridge loan is approved. If you’ve already developed a relationship with an institution, … [Read more...]
What is a Tripple Dipper
Tripple dipper means making 3 Profits on 1 Stock Trade .This is a rather simple strategy with which I am sure a lot of seasoned traders are very familiar, possibly under some other name with which I am not familiar. Here’s how the play is made. You buy 300-500 shares of a stock that is going to be paying a dividend with in the next 15-45 days. You sell the 30-60 day … [Read more...]
Aging Demographics – The Other Super Secular Trend
In Dow Theory terms, this would mean investing in a period of severe undervaluation and holding on to your stocks (or dollar cost-average into your portfolio) until the end of the bull market – such as September 1999 when the Dow Theory bear market signal was given -- and then stay out until the primary bear market has fully asserted itself. since then, I have maintained that … [Read more...]
What is a Futures Contract?
Futures traders fall into two categories: hedgers and speculators. The primary economic purpose of the futures market is for hedging, which is buying or selling futures contracts to offsets risks of changing prices in the cash markets. Hedge traders, such as large commercial firms that may actually take delivery of certain commodities, like coffee or wheat, use futures … [Read more...]
How Is Profit Calculated In An Options Trade?
How Is Profit Calculated In An Options Trade? The real difference between selling to close call options (or put options) before expiration and during expiration at market close is that when call options are sold before expiration, they have extrinsic value remaining while those same call options sold at market close on expiration day would have no extrinsic value left. As … [Read more...]